Southeast Asian Food Magazine

Written by Grace Teo

Ever wondered how the Lunar New Year is celebrated in countries where the festivity is almost unknown? These stories shared from Denmark, Russia and Australia will give you an insight into how the tradition is kept alive while abroad.

Written by Grace Teo

The best guide to preparing reunion dinner with auspicious food for celebrating Chinese New Year just like in Malaysia and Singapore. Here is a step-by-step guide along with helpful tips to ensure that the dishes are served warm.

Written by Grace Teo

Food that has us salivating in the movie ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ such as the hawker fare, the traditional and colourful sweets at Tyersall Park and the lunch at Peik Lin’s home. The array of food was featured to highlight the wonderful food culture of Singapore.

Written by Grace Teo

Two sessions of meetup with our community in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. We had the chance to meet and speak to wonderful people who have been supporting our work throughout our journey and had a great discussion. This is truly memorable and meaningful to us.

Written by Grace Teo

Written by Grace Teo

Without a doubt, Malaysian cuisine is beyond delicious. If you are travelling to Kuala Lumpur or any other city in Malaysia for that matter, try a few of the extremely awesome dishes available before leaving the country. You will never regret doing so.

Written by Grace Teo

Glutton Street is literally translated as 'Wai Sik Kai' in Cantonese. There is not much of a history with regards to this street. It is just a concentration of food stalls mainly manned by the Chinese community.

Written by Grace Teo

'Mamak', managed by the Indian community who migrated from Southern India is popular with the locals. A famous hang-out, they gained popularity by offering food like 'roti canai', fried noodles, 'nasi lemak', 'nasi briyani', curries and of course, the signature 'teh tarik'.

Written by Grace Teo

The tradition of having banana leaf rice comes from Southern India where rice is more commonly consumed compared to 'roti' or naans. Due to the large South Indian ethnic community in Malaysia and Singapore, banana leaf rice restaurants are widely available in both countries.